Buckboard-wagon



(No Model.)

C. B'. HAYNES.

'BUGKBOARD WAGON. No. 309,048. Patented'De. 9, J1884.

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CARLOS BAILEY I-IAYNES, OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUCKBOARDQWAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,048, dated December 9, 1884.

Application filed May 2l, 1884.

(No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, Cantos BAILEY Hiirnns, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at North Adams, inthe county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckboard -Vagons and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to furnish a buckboard-wagon or other vehicle with new and improved devices which will simplify and cheapen its construction and render it an easyriding vehicle, and so braced .and hung that it will be uniformly balanced without the use of side bars.

The improvement consists, essentially, off steel side springs ofv a peculiar construction, cross-bars, and other devices, hereinafter described, and particularly set forth and combined in the claims.

Figure lis a plan view oi my improved vehicle with the body omitted. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the bottom side of the carriage. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, and Fig. l represents one of the side springs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. y

The spring-boards A A are attached to the bolster and hind axle. To the under side of these boards are fastened, by clips cl or other suitable means, the transverse rod B, transverse rod c, and transverse pipe G. The said rods and pipe extend beyond the outer edges oi" the spring-boards or platform, and the ends of the rod B and pipe G constitute the bearings of the hook ends of the steel springs B B. The ends of the rod B terminate in steps which facilitate the entrance to the carriage. The body of the vehicleis bolted to the side springs, as shown in Fig. 3. The iron rod c extends beyond the edges of the side springs, and in two-seat carriages terminates in a step. The rod c is fastened to the side springs, B B, and tends to hold them in position, and is also fastened to the springboards A A, which forms a connection between the two kinds of springs, thus compelling them to co-operate, and prevents the side springs and body of the :arriage from being thrown up too high when the wheels meet with obstructions, while the latitude allowed for the slipping of the hooks on their bearings secures an easy motion of the carriage. The pipe G is braced to the hind axle by a rod, E, which is longer than the pipe and extends through it, the ends of the rod being bent back at an angle and fastened to the said axle. The side springs, B B, are made of steel and are semi-elliptic in form, the ends of the longest leaves terminating in hooks H, which form loops large enough to admit their bearings, and of suiiieient length to permit the hook ends of said leaves t0 slightly move backward and forward within the loop whenever the side springs rise or fall at their centers. The points oi' said hooks are curved outwardly to facilitate the operation of adjusting the hook ends of the springs to their bearings. This is an important feature of my invention, since it affords afree and easy vertical motion to the carriage, avoiding'the jar and rattle incident to other carriage springs. The rod E has its bearing within the whole length of the pipe G, being free to partially rotate. This rotary motion of the rod E within the pipe G causes the spring-boards to rise higher and fall lower at the place of contact with the pipe than they vwould if 'the pipe and rod E were rigidly attached to each'other or a single rod substituted for the pipe and rod. This device causes a pleasant undulatory or slightly-rocking motion.

The pipe G, rod E, hind axle, andthe side springs jointly tend to equalize the pressure of theload and prevent the spring--boards and body of the carriage from tilting.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Iletters Patent, is-

1. In a vehicle, a semi-elliptic spring having hooks at its ends integral with 'the spring, and adapted to be used on round bearings, the said hooks being curved outwardly at their points, substantially as described.

2. In a buekboard-wagon or other vehicle, the combination oi a semi-elliptic spring having hooks at its ends which form loops, the rod B, and pipe G, which serve as bearings for the spring, said loops being suiiiciently long to permit thehook ends to slightly move back- IOO 5. The side springs, substantially as described, in combination with the rod R, the 15 rod c, the pipe G, and spring-boards A, substantiallyvas described.

6. The combination of the side springs, B, the transverse rod It, the transverse pipe G and its inclosing-rod, attached to the hind 2o axle, substantially as described.

CARLOS BAILEY HAYNES.

Witnesses:

W. B. PLUNKETT, SILAs B. MILLS. 

